Giuliano Gemma

About Giuliano Gemma

Who is it?: Actor, Soundtrack
Birth Day: September 02, 1938
Birth Place:  Rome, Lazio, Italy, Italy
Died On: 1 October 2013(2013-10-01) (aged 75)\nCivitavecchia, Italy
Birth Sign: Libra
Other names: Montgomery Wood
Occupation: Actor, stuntman, sculptor
Years active: 1958–2013
Website: giulianogemma.it

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Giuliano Gemma was born on September 02, 1938 in  Rome, Lazio, Italy, Italy, is Actor, Soundtrack. Giuliano Gemma was born in Rome on 2 September 1938, grew up in Reggio Emilia but came back to Rome with his parents in 1944. While he was playing on the grass he found a WW II bomb that exploded and today the signs of injury are still visible on his face. He practiced many sports in his life, boxing, gymnastics, tennis etc. He also worked in a Cyrcus. In the early years of his youth he discovered a great passion for the cinema, he knew the most important Italian actors and his idle Burt Lancaster and decided to start acting. In the beginning, he worked as stunt-man, and in small roles in big productions: in "Bem Hur" by William Wyler he works uncredited. Then the director, Duccio Tessari, gave him the first role as protagonist in the film "Arrivano i Titani". Luchino Visconti wants him for the role of a general in "Il gattopardo" (but the scenes with Gemma will be mostly cut). This was followed by important roles in "Angelica", by the French director Bernard Borderie, where Gemma has a leading role; and the first spaghetti western films, where he worked under the name of Montgomery Wood in the first titles. "Una pistola per Ringo", "Il ritorno di Ringo" and "Un dollaro bucato" are among his greatest successes. Then he played his most important roles in "Il deserto dei Tartari" by Valerio Zurlini and "Il prefetto di ferro" by Pasquale Squitieri. He won important prizes: Best actor at the Festival of Karlovy Vary, Best actor at the Montréal film festival, and the Grolla d'Oro in San Vincent Festival. In 1986 he became Cavaliere della Repubblica italiana.In the last years Gemma worked mostly for Italian television, and he discovered another great passion, sculpture. In fact he has become rather skilled. He is the father of actress Vera Gemma and Giuliana Gemma.
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Biography/Timeline

1962

Born in Rome, Gemma first worked as a stuntman, then was offered real acting parts by Director Duccio Tessari, starting with the film Arrivano i titani (1962). He also made an appearance in Luchino Visconti's Il Gattopardo as Garibaldi's General. Gemma later went on to star in spaghetti westerns in films such as A Pistol for Ringo (Una pistola per Ringo), Blood for a Silver Dollar (Un dollaro bucato), Wanted and Day of Anger (I giorni dell'ira). He was sometimes credited as Montgomery Wood. Giuliano Gemma's career survived the demise of the genre, and he remained active on Italian television.

1976

Gemma played in a variety of movies, including art-house offerings such as Valerio Zurlini's The Desert of the Tartars (Il deserto dei tartari) in 1976. The same year, Gemma won a David di Donatello, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar, for his portrayal of Major Matiss in The Desert of Tartars.

2012

Gemma also starred in a web comic named "Man Born Again" (2012) by Eclypsed Word.

2013

On 1 October 2013, Gemma died following a car accident near Rome. He was taken to a hospital in Civitavecchia and pronounced dead shortly after his arrival. Two other passengers, a man and his son, were also injured in the accident.